ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A high court on Monday barred the leader of the junior partner in the government, Nawaz Sharif, from running for Parliament in a by-election later this week, a decision that is bound to intensify the hostilities within the fractious ruling coalition. Mr. Sharif, who was twice prime minister and is now the most popular politician in the nation, according to some opinion polls,... 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s new government is pushing ahead with the reinstatement of judges fired by President Pervez Musharraf in November, a move that could further weaken the embattled president. A senior government official said deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry and dozens of other judges could be restored to their positions before the end of the month. Their reinstatement... 

Pakistan’s caretaker minister and Human Rights activist Ansar Burney has said that he will not help Sarabjit Singh, as he has ”no sympathy for terrorists”. Sarabjit, an Indian national, faces a death warrant slated for April 1 in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail. ”Sarabjit Singh was a terrorist, I have no sympathy with him. There is a big difference between Kashmir Singh and... 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Three bombs, apparently dropped by an American aircraft, killed nine people and wounded nine others on Sunday in the tribal area of South Waziristan that provides sanctuary to Al Qaeda and the Taliban, a Pakistani security official said. The strike, the third American attack on suspected terrorists in Pakistan’s tribal area in less than three months, appeared to signal a... 

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two powerful explosions in suicide attacks minutes apart rocked the eastern city of Lahore on Tuesday, killing 24 people, the Interior Ministry said. The first blast ripped through the regional office of the Federal Investigation Agency, Pakistan’s chief federal law enforcement agency, killing 12 agency officials and 9 others. A suicide bomber detonated his truck packed with... 

Accusing President Pervez Musharraf of turning Pakistan into a US colony, PML-N chief and former premier Nawaz Sharif on Sunday ruled out the possibility of any compromise with him and the PML-Q, the party which backed the former military ruler.President Musharraf turned Pakistan into a US colony and killed Pakistani nationals through the use of force, Sharif said, ruling out any compromise with the... 

Islamabad : Pakistan`s Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed three of the five petitions challenging a controversial order issued last year by President Pervez Musharraf to grant amnesty in corruption cases to slain former premier Benazir Bhutto and her husband Asif Ali Zardari. A five-member bench headed by Chief Justice Abdul Hameed dismissed petitions filed by Jamaat-e-Islami chief Qazi Hussain... 

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan - Pervez Musharraf stepped down Wednesday from his powerful post as military commander, a day before he was due to be sworn in as Pakistan`s civilian president.During a change of command, Musharraf relinquished his post by handing over his ceremonial baton to his successor, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani.”(You) are the saviors of Pakistan,” Musharraf said in an emotional final...